Wait, The hard copy for one year is USD $109.00 or $1.09?
$109 makes sense. Unless they've cheapened the print copy quality from the last time I touched an actual issue (a decade or so ago), it could be pretty pricey to print a few full color copies of each issue and pricey to ship them from Europe to U.S. subscribers.
I'm perfectly fine with the PDF - not only free and easy to download, I can selectively print those articles that interest me to read in hardcopy form (I get eyestrain from being on the PC for a living and hobby) and to file away in my filebox of interesting things.
EDIT: Whoa, great to see my editor from way back when Alexander Wiese is still editor. A sign of a good magazine to last this many years with what publishing goes through from time to time.